Jeremiah 36 - New International Version (NIV)

Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah’s Scroll

36 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(A) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: ² “Take a scroll^(B) and write on it all the words^(C) I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah^(D) till now. ³ Perhaps^(E) when the people of Judah hear^(F) about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn^(G) from their wicked ways; then I will forgive^(H) their wickedness and their sin.”

⁴ So Jeremiah called Baruch^(I) son of Neriah,^(J) and while Jeremiah dictated^(K) all the words the Lord had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll.^{(L) 5} Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the Lord’s temple. ⁶ So you go to the house of the Lord on a day of fasting^(M) and read to the people from the scroll the words of the Lord that you wrote as I dictated.^(N) Read them to all the people of Judah^(O) who come in from their towns. ⁷ Perhaps they will bring their petition^(P) before the Lord and will each turn^(Q) from their wicked ways, for the anger^(R) and wrath pronounced against this people by the Lord are great.”

⁸ Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do; at the Lord’s temple he read the words of the Lord from the scroll. ⁹ In the ninth month^(S) of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting^(T) before the Lord was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah. ¹⁰ From the room of Gemariah^(U) son of Shaphan^(V) the secretary,^(W) which was in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate^(X) of the temple, Baruch read to all the people at the Lord’s temple the words of Jeremiah from the scroll.

¹¹ When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll, ¹² he went down to the secretary’s^(Y) room in the royal palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan^(Z) son of Akbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.^{(AA) 13} After Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read to the people from the scroll, ¹⁴ all the officials sent Jehudi^(AB) son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, “Bring the scroll^(AC) from which you have read to the people and come.” So Baruch son of Neriah went to them with the scroll in his hand. ¹⁵ They said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it to us.”

So Baruch read it to them. ¹⁶ When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear^(AD) and said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.” ¹⁷ Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you come to write^(AE) all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?”

¹⁸ “Yes,” Baruch replied, “he dictated^(AF) all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

¹⁹ Then the officials^(AG) said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah, go and hide.^(AH) Don’t let anyone know where you are.”

²⁰ After they put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary, they went to the king in the courtyard and reported everything to him. ²¹ The king sent Jehudi^(AI) to get the scroll, and Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary and read it to the king^(AJ) and all the officials standing beside him. ²² It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment,^(AK) with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him. ²³ Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll,^(AL) the king cut them off with a scribe’s knife and threw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll was burned in the fire.^{(AM) 24} The king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no fear,^(AN) nor did they tear their clothes.^{(AO) 25} Even though Elnathan, Delaiah^(AP) and Gemariah^(AQ) urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. ²⁶ Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest^(AR) Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden^(AS) them.

²⁷ After the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation,^(AT) the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁸ “Take another scroll^(AU) and write on it all the words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up. ²⁹ Also tell Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You burned that scroll and said, “Why did you write on it that the king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land and wipe from it^(AV) both man and beast?”^{(AW) 30} Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim^(AX) king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out^(AY) and exposed^(AZ) to the heat by day and the frost by night.^{(BA) 31} I will punish him and his children^(BB) and his attendants for their wickedness; I will bring on them and those living in Jerusalem and the people of Judah every disaster^(BC) I pronounced against them, because they have not listened.^(BD)’”

³² So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated,^(BE) Baruch wrote^(BF) on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned^(BG) in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

Cross references

1. Jeremiah 36:1 : S 2Ch 36:5
2. Jeremiah 36:2 : S ver 4; S Ex 17:14; S Ps 40:7; Jer 30:2; Hab 2:2
3. Jeremiah 36:2 : Eze 2:7
4. Jeremiah 36:2 : Jer 1:2; 25:3
5. Jeremiah 36:3 : ver 7; Eze 12:3; Am 5:15
6. Jeremiah 36:3 : Isa 6:9; Mk 4:12
7. Jeremiah 36:3 : S 2Ki 17:13; S Isa 44:22; S Jer 26:3; Ac 3:19
8. Jeremiah 36:3 : S Jer 18:8
9. Jeremiah 36:4 : S Jer 32:12
10. Jeremiah 36:4 : Jer 51:59
11. Jeremiah 36:4 : ver 18
12. Jeremiah 36:4 : ver 2; Eze 2:9; Da 7:1; Zec 5:1
13. Jeremiah 36:6 : ver 9
14. Jeremiah 36:6 : S Ex 4:16
15. Jeremiah 36:6 : 2Ch 20:4
16. Jeremiah 36:7 : Jer 37:20; 42:2
17. Jeremiah 36:7 : S Jer 26:3
18. Jeremiah 36:7 : S Dt 31:17
19. Jeremiah 36:9 : ver 22
20. Jeremiah 36:9 : S 2Ch 20:3
21. Jeremiah 36:10 : ver 12, 25; Jer 29:3
22. Jeremiah 36:10 : Jer 26:24
23. Jeremiah 36:10 : Jer 52:25
24. Jeremiah 36:10 : S Ge 23:10
25. Jeremiah 36:12 : S 2Sa 8:17
26. Jeremiah 36:12 : S Jer 26:22
27. Jeremiah 36:12 : Jer 38:4
28. Jeremiah 36:14 : ver 21
29. Jeremiah 36:14 : ver 4
30. Jeremiah 36:16 : S Ps 36:1
31. Jeremiah 36:17 : Jer 30:2
32. Jeremiah 36:18 : ver 4
33. Jeremiah 36:19 : Jer 26:16
34. Jeremiah 36:19 : S 1Ki 17:3
35. Jeremiah 36:21 : ver 14
36. Jeremiah 36:21 : 2Ki 22:10
37. Jeremiah 36:22 : Am 3:15
38. Jeremiah 36:23 : ver 2
39. Jeremiah 36:23 : 1Ki 22:8
40. Jeremiah 36:24 : S Ps 36:1
41. Jeremiah 36:24 : S Ge 37:29; S Nu 14:6
42. Jeremiah 36:25 : ver 12
43. Jeremiah 36:25 : S ver 10
44. Jeremiah 36:26 : Mt 23:34
45. Jeremiah 36:26 : S 1Ki 17:3; Ps 11:1; S Jer 1:8; 15:21
46. Jeremiah 36:27 : ver 4
47. Jeremiah 36:28 : ver 2
48. Jeremiah 36:29 : S Isa 30:10
49. Jeremiah 36:29 : Jer 33:12
50. Jeremiah 36:30 : Jer 52:2
51. Jeremiah 36:30 : S Isa 14:19
52. Jeremiah 36:30 : S 2Ki 24:6
53. Jeremiah 36:30 : S Jer 8:2
54. Jeremiah 36:31 : Ex 20:5
55. Jeremiah 36:31 : S Pr 29:1
56. Jeremiah 36:31 : S Pr 1:24
57. Jeremiah 36:32 : ver 4
58. Jeremiah 36:32 : Ex 34:1; Jer 30:2
59. Jeremiah 36:32 : ver 23